Jayne ,'The Message'
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Were there really people who believed this? That is there were three choices that received 40%, 35%, and 25%, that no action would be taken?
I have seen it suggested by at least one person, way upthread. I think it was DavidS, but don't quote me on that.
What did you think a "simple majority" meant at the time you voted?
Choice 1: An option which recieves more than 50 % of the vote wins.
Choice 2: Whichever option has the most votes wins
Wait -- what if everyone who voted for a simple majority thought it was a) and everyone who voted against thought it was b)?
Thanks Sophia, but do we even need to remind people that there may be three or more choices?
Are we obliged to do that, because it won't occur to people that it (possibly) changes things?
Oh my Gosh, ita.
Hmmm. Are we only polling the yes votes?
I like Sophia's ballot.
Yay, Sophia, for climbing through the last 500 posts with the thing we were debating still intact! Is this the final text of the ballot question?
Not that I ever saw any ambiguity in what "simple majority" means (I take it to mean 50%+), but I did look it up in the dictionary and I can see where the ambiguity comes from. I just don't need to think very hard before I vote. Hopefully, that's the same for other people too.
Bureaucracy 2: It's The New Natter
Nah, COMM is the new Natter, my current natter here notwithstanding.
Personally, I think we should go with Bureaucracy 2: Dada as government.
The thing is, the ballot didn't ask about "50%+1" vs. plurality. It asked about a supermajority, such as 60% vs. "a majority." I probably assumed that if there were 3+ choices, the one with the most votes would win, but I don't think it's a question voters necssarily asked themselves -- I know I didn't.
Choice 1: An option which recieves more than 50 % of the vote wins.
Are we ignoring questions with more three or more options for now and addressing that issue later? Because this could easily be interpreted to mean that if there are five options and nothing gets 50%, then the vote fails and we can't talk about the issue for x months.